A MAN from Maesteg has been jailed for three years after a multi-agency investigation into his manufacture and supply of DNP diet pills.
DNP, which stands for 2,4-Dinitrophenol, is an industrial chemical that has been illegally sold as a diet pill for weight loss. DNP is poisonous to humans and has been banned for human consumption in the UK. It can cause death. If not fatal, there can be serious physical side effects.
Kyle Enos, 33, was arrested by officers from Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) for southern Wales, in July 2024 after information was received from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Enos was found to have purchased the pure form sodium salt of 2,4-Dinitrophenol powder from China via the Dark Web. He then manufactured the pills using cutting agents and a pill press in his bedroom. He advertised the pills, and other regulated medications, on a website he had created. Enos would receive orders via email and ship the products, disguised as vitamins and minerals, both domestically within the UK and internationally.
A previous conviction for the supply of Fentanyl, a Class A drug, meant that Enos had breached a Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO) through his continued offending.
Enos was charged with multiple drug offences and pleaded guilty at Cardiff Magistrates Court on 1st May this year. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on 29th May to 36 months.
Detective Constable Kieran Morris, of Tarian ROCU, said: “Operation Guazuma was a proactive partnership investigation with the NCA, the National Food Crime Unit, the Ministry of Defence, HM Prison and Probation Service, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority, and South Wales Police.
“The swift arrest of Enos and the removal of these poisonous diet pills from the open market was our utmost priority. Enos was supplying the pills with no safety precautions in place, and no advice on dosages. This could have led to buyers becoming extremely ill or even dying.
“The sentence handed down to Enos today should serve as a warning to others engaging in similar criminality.”
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